Usually means: Before now, in recent past.
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  1. earlier on: Merriam-Webster
  2. earlier on: Wiktionary
  3. earlier on: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. earlier on: Legal dictionary

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  1. earlier on: Medical dictionary

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  1. earlier on: Idioms

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Definitions from Wiktionary (earlier on)

▸ adverb:  At some time in the past; previously; earlier.

Similar:
antecedently, before, previously, beforehand, earlier, already, aforetime, beforetime, erer, ahead, more...

Opposite:
later, subsequent, following, afterward, posterior

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Similar:
antecedently, before, previously, beforehand, earlier, already, aforetime, beforetime, erer, ahead, more...

Opposite:
later, subsequent, following, afterward, posterior



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